I have increased my strength enough that now all the guys at work joke that I am the one to call if they need any sort of lift assist. I laugh, but at the same time I think it is pretty cool that none of them worry about having to move patients with me.
However, they didn't feel that way...
The last two shifts at work have brought 3 cardiac arrests and one totally pissed off 350+ lb patient high on bath salts. Hoping for a less eventful day tomorrow.
Will you be on short-term disability after the surgery? If so, even if your doctor hasn't released you to go back to work before April 10th, your employer should have to continue to pay your benefits until you are released by the doctor. I know this, because my husband was in a similar...
Just got home from another awesome kettle bell workout with my personal trainer! I'm down another 2 pounds, for a total of 42 pounds lost so far. I'm only 14 away from being halfway to my goal weight!
Wrist surgery to have a cyst removed scheduled for a week from Monday. I've been told I will be off for 2 weeks afterwards. I'm not looking forward to the time off, but it will be nice to have this finally taken care of.
At least you have a protocol allowing you to do so. At my full-time job, we are expected to c-spine everyone. That being said, there are plenty of patients I have opted to no c-spine anyway, and have yet to be pulled in to the medical director's office. I always document my findings to...
I really wish I "only" had another 30 pounds to go. For me, it's more like another 80, but I will get there. It's just going to take some time. My husband is thrilled that I finally decided to do something about my weight. He's never made a big deal out of it, but I know he is happy that I...
I am not going to comment about treatment of this patient, since everyone else has pretty much covered that angle.
The point that I want to make is that you stated this is a DNR and the patient is in respiratory distress. Therefore, I am going to assume they still have a respiratory drive...
I have worked with several individuals who were on a truck right up until they delivered. On the other hand, I ended up on light duty early in my 2nd trimester due to some medical issues that appeared.
You should be able to stay on the truck as long as you want to, as long as you are...
Picked up a patient yesterday for generalized weakness. She had been in the hospital 2 weeks ago for "fluid around her heart and lungs." We were having a really hard time getting a blood pressure on her, but one of the guys finally got 90/palp. For the way she was presenting, it seemed...